Ingredients & Spices for Indonesian recipes (8)

Here are ingredients & spices for Indonesian recipes. You will find the English name of the spice and follow by the local name in bracket.


Pepper (merica): Both black and white peppercorns are crushed just before. Ground white pepper is also used on occasion.


Salam Leaves (daun salam): A subtly flavored of the cassia family, it’s local (Indonesian) bay leaves, which is sometimes suggested as a substitute. If you cannot obtain dried salam leaf, omit altogether.


Shrimp Paste (terasi): This ingredient has a strong fragrance; it is always cooked before eating, generally toasted over a fire before being combined with other ingredients. The color of this ingredient is range from purplish pink to brownish black.


Sweetened Soy Sauce (Kecap Manis): There are two types of soy sauce that are used in Indonesian cooking, sweetened soy sauce (kecap manis), and salty soy sauce (kecap asin). If you cannot obtain sweet soy sauce, use the dark black Chinese soy sauce and add brown sugar to sweeten it.

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